Thursday night football featured a standout performance by Kirk Cousins, who threw for a franchise-record 509 passing yards and four touchdowns both on and off the field in the club’s 36-30 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Mercedes-Benz Stage.

Cousins, who has become something of a cult hero among NFL fans especially after somewhat infamously wearing his teammates’ expensive jewelry around his neck on a flight home from a game in London in November 2022, was at it again Thursday night busy.

Not only did the Falcons quarterback repeat his classic, “You like that!” phrase, but he also started Swag Surfin, a dance based on the hip-hop song by Fast Life Youngstaz (FLY), a rapper and Georgia native, in honor of the win.

When asked about the dance after the match, Cousins ​​explained to reporters that Amazon Prime Video reporter Taylor Rooks taught him how to surf during an interview.

“It’s so much fun,” Cousins ​​said. “That’s why you play. That’s why you play and I got a lesson this week from Taylor Rooks from Amazon. To sit down with her, and she’s from Atlanta, and she taught me how to do it.”

“The key is when the beat drops. At first it just gets going so everyone in the stadium becomes aware of it, but when the beat drops that’s when it really gets going. And I know it’s good energy. There is a lot of good songs they play during the game. Good environment.

“But that one does it for me.”

And in case anyone was wondering, here’s Cousins ​​learning the ropes of Swag Surfin from Rooks at 3:25 into the interview.

Amazing.

Cousins, who has looked better each week as he progresses in his recovery from last season’s torn Achilles injury, and the Falcons improved to 3-2 with Thursday’s win. Atlanta travels to Carolina to take on the Panthers in Week 6.